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Cancer.Net

The Best Cancer Care Starts with the Best Cancer Information

That’s why Conquer Cancer supports Cancer.Net, the award-winning patient information website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and ASCO’s comprehensive patient information program. With nearly 45,000 members, ASCO is the voice of the world’s cancer physicians, and Cancer.Net brings the expertise and resources of ASCO to people living with cancer, their caregivers, family members, and friends.

Conquer Cancer supports ASCO’s patient education program because it provides up-to-date and trusted resources for comprehensive cancer information. Cancer.Net’s content is reviewed and approved by the Cancer.Net Editorial Board, comprised of more than 150 medical, surgical, radiation, gynecologic, and pediatric oncologists, physician assistants, oncology nurses, social workers, and patient advocates.

Well-informed patients are their own best advocates and invaluable partners for physicians. By providing timely, comprehensive, oncologist-approved information, Cancer.Net and ASCO’s patient information program empowers people living with cancer, to help them make informed health care decisions.

“I’ve had three cancers … And when we would go to the doctor, a lot of times it was just so confusing and overwhelming, because even though I’ve been diagnosed previously, just to hear it again would be pretty scary. The last oncologist we were at, he actually took his prescription pad and turned it over and wrote ‘here’s a website I want you to go to—Cancer.Net, it has very accurate information’ … And so it has just been a great, great resource.” – Cindy Matter, Cancer.Net visitor

Patient Advocates

Patient advocates work to address a wide array of issues affecting people with cancer, including the advancement of cancer research, legislative and regulatory matters related to cancer care and research, improving the quality of cancer care, raising public awareness of the disease, and providing support to those living with cancer. Whether advocates are operating from an individual or organizational level, locally or nationally, Conquer Cancer supports their efforts and offers opportunities and resources to promote all types of advocacy for people with cancer.

Through our Patient Advocate Scholarship Program, advocates are awarded scholarships to attend the Annual Meeting of The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and ASCO Symposia, where they will:

Learn about the latest advances in cancer research

Develop skills in understanding and communicating research and information on issues such as cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship

Engage in networking and collaborative efforts with fellow advocates and advocacy organizations

2018 Patient Advocate Scholarship Program Supporters*:

Conquer Cancer acknowledges the following companies for their support of the Patient Advocate Scholarship Program in 2018:

We encourage you to learn more about our Patient Advocate Scholarship Program as well as additional programs that ASCO offers for advocates by visiting the Research and Advocacy section of ASCO’s patient website, Cancer.Net. If you would like to support the Patient Advocate Scholarship program, please contact us at info@conquer.org.

Conquer Cancer Foundation

The Conquer Cancer Foundation® is registered in Virginia as a nonprofit corporation. The Conquer Cancer Foundation is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and the organization’s Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 31-1667995.

Conquer Cancer Foundation

The Conquer Cancer Foundation® is registered in Virginia as a nonprofit corporation. The Conquer Cancer Foundation is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and the organization’s Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 31-1667995.